celebrations
Shambhala Day 2008
January 24, 2008
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Please join us on Shambhala Day, Thursday 7
February
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You are warmly invited to join in this year's
Shambhala Day practices and festivities at the
Shambhala Meditation Center of San
Antonio.
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Shambhala Day is on Thursday 7 February this year. It promises to be a day of celebration and generosity with practitioners, friends and families. The Sakyong will be addressing the international mandala live from Halifax. |
Morning Celebration*:
7am Toast to the Great Eastern Sun & Lhasang
8am Birthday Sadhana
9am Breakfast
10am International Roll Call and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's
Traditional Losar Address
11am Membership Recognition and Fundraiser
12pm Potluck Lunch - Please bring a dish to share
Shambhala Year in Review
Evening Celebration*:
6pm Sadhana of Mahamudra
7pm The Sakyong's Losar Address
8pm Membership Recognition and Fundraiser
8:30pm Reception, Toasts, Entertainment, Shambhala Year in Review
*All times are tentative and may change slightly.
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Day of the Dead Celebration
October 30, 2007
Please make
plans to join us this Friday,
November 2nd, for our
Day of the Dead Celebration. It will be a great time
to connect with sangha and remember loved ones.
This will be a potluck dinner and will start at 7:30pm. You should bring edible items that loved ones enjoyed.
ex. (grandmas favorite soda, uncles favorite cookies, etc). Bring photos of loved ones or items that belonged to deceased loved ones. Pictures, mementos, etc to be placed on the community altar.
If anyone would like to bring any music that their loved ones enjoyed by all means bring it to share with everyone!
For more info., please contact Eric Apaez.
This will be a potluck dinner and will start at 7:30pm. You should bring edible items that loved ones enjoyed.
ex. (grandmas favorite soda, uncles favorite cookies, etc). Bring photos of loved ones or items that belonged to deceased loved ones. Pictures, mementos, etc to be placed on the community altar.
If anyone would like to bring any music that their loved ones enjoyed by all means bring it to share with everyone!
For more info., please contact Eric Apaez.
Harvest of Peace now available online
October 05, 2007
The Harvest of Peace address by the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche; remarks by Khandro Tseyang; excerpts from President Reoch's remarks; and a guided meditation offered by the Sakyong at Dorje Denma Ling immediately following the address in aid of lessening the suffering in Burma are now available online. This MP3 audio file is at http://www.shambhala.org/community/events.php To access the file, scroll to the bottom of the page under "Recent Celebrations and Events" and click on "get MP3 File" just above "2007 Shambhala Day address by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche." (This announcement was from the Shambhala News Service) |
First Friday Photography Exhibit
October 01, 2007
Throughout
the month of October, the Shambhala Meditation Center
of San Antonio presents A Good Eye on Southtown – an
exhibit of Miksang photography – in support of their
commitment to the Dharma Art teachings of the late
meditation master and scholar Chögyam Trungpa, the
founder of Shambhala.
The exhibit opens on First Friday, October 5, with a wine-and-cheese reception from 7-9pm at the Shambhala Meditation Center, located at 1114 S. St. Mary’s in Southtown.
Miksang is a Tibetan word that means "Good Eye". It is also the name of a school of contemplative photography based on the discipline of meditation. As Miksang instructor Maxine Sidran, of Toronto, Canada, explains, “In general, meditation refers to the state of being awake: the realization of unselfconscious awareness which allows us to connect with the full reality of our being. Meditation also refers to practices of synchronizing mind and body which enable us to cultivate that state of being.
“In contemplative photography we work with the synchronization of eye and mind. When eye and mind are in the same place, the moment by moment vividness of the visual world manifests spontaneously as a flash of perception - the ordinary magic of the phenomenal world.”
The images on display in A Good Eye on Southtown were taken by students in the Miksang Level One class taught by Sidran at the Shambhala Meditation Center of San Antonio last month. Miksang Level One training attempts to purify the visual perception by asking the artist to work directly with the elements or forms of the visual field: color, light and form (texture, lines and patterns). The resulting images are printed just as they are shot – there is no cropping, filtration or digital manipulation of any kind.
The images on exhibit were shot in Southtown, using basic Miksang principles, and they represent a meditative attention to the beauty of the neighborhood. All proceeds from the sale of these images will benefit the Shambhala Meditation Center.
For more info contact Laurie Dietrich at (210) 288-6927 or laurie.dietrich@gmail.com
The exhibit opens on First Friday, October 5, with a wine-and-cheese reception from 7-9pm at the Shambhala Meditation Center, located at 1114 S. St. Mary’s in Southtown.
Miksang is a Tibetan word that means "Good Eye". It is also the name of a school of contemplative photography based on the discipline of meditation. As Miksang instructor Maxine Sidran, of Toronto, Canada, explains, “In general, meditation refers to the state of being awake: the realization of unselfconscious awareness which allows us to connect with the full reality of our being. Meditation also refers to practices of synchronizing mind and body which enable us to cultivate that state of being.
“In contemplative photography we work with the synchronization of eye and mind. When eye and mind are in the same place, the moment by moment vividness of the visual world manifests spontaneously as a flash of perception - the ordinary magic of the phenomenal world.”
The images on display in A Good Eye on Southtown were taken by students in the Miksang Level One class taught by Sidran at the Shambhala Meditation Center of San Antonio last month. Miksang Level One training attempts to purify the visual perception by asking the artist to work directly with the elements or forms of the visual field: color, light and form (texture, lines and patterns). The resulting images are printed just as they are shot – there is no cropping, filtration or digital manipulation of any kind.
The images on exhibit were shot in Southtown, using basic Miksang principles, and they represent a meditative attention to the beauty of the neighborhood. All proceeds from the sale of these images will benefit the Shambhala Meditation Center.
For more info contact Laurie Dietrich at (210) 288-6927 or laurie.dietrich@gmail.com
Harvest of Peace
September 20, 2007
Please make
plans to join us next Sunday,
September 30th, for our annual
celebration,
Harvest of Peace. It will be a great time
to connect with sangha and hear from the Sakyong.
Here's the plan for the event:
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Lhasang
10:00 Contemplating the Six Ways of Ruling
10:30 Membership Drive, Pin Ceremony for New Members & Shambhala Council, Oaths
11:30 Break
12:00 Noon Sakyong's Address
Followed By:
Potluck Soup Lunch
Tibetan Auction
Five Year Plan Report
Todd Russell is planning on putting together soup & salad made from ingredients brought in by guests. Please plan to bring one prepared soup item (cleaned, chopped, diced, etc.) & one prepared salad item. (Breads, coffee, tea & dessert will be provided.) Please let Todd what you'd like to bring. You can contact him at trussell@satx.rr.com. In addition, please plan to bring lots of change. We're going to be auctioning off four beautiful pieces of artwork to help raise money for the center. And this will be no ordinary auction, but a Tibetan Auction. For example, in a Tibetan Auction, if wants to bid for an item slated at 25 cents, one must drop 25 cents into the pile in order to bid. If the bid goes up to 30 cents, one would need to put in 30 cents for that bid. It's a lot of fun and a good way to help the center.
Here's the plan for the event:
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Lhasang
10:00 Contemplating the Six Ways of Ruling
10:30 Membership Drive, Pin Ceremony for New Members & Shambhala Council, Oaths
11:30 Break
12:00 Noon Sakyong's Address
Followed By:
Potluck Soup Lunch
Tibetan Auction
Five Year Plan Report
Todd Russell is planning on putting together soup & salad made from ingredients brought in by guests. Please plan to bring one prepared soup item (cleaned, chopped, diced, etc.) & one prepared salad item. (Breads, coffee, tea & dessert will be provided.) Please let Todd what you'd like to bring. You can contact him at trussell@satx.rr.com. In addition, please plan to bring lots of change. We're going to be auctioning off four beautiful pieces of artwork to help raise money for the center. And this will be no ordinary auction, but a Tibetan Auction. For example, in a Tibetan Auction, if wants to bid for an item slated at 25 cents, one must drop 25 cents into the pile in order to bid. If the bid goes up to 30 cents, one would need to put in 30 cents for that bid. It's a lot of fun and a good way to help the center.
Sakyong Wangmo Empowerment Ceremony
July 15, 2007
Dear Sangha,
In light of the recent changes concerning the Empowerment and
the passing of Acharya Luna, this Sunday's schedule is as follows:
9:30am Light breakfast
10am Sitting begins with traditional chants
10:30am Contemplation practice
11am Sukhavati Ceremony for Acharya Luna
followed by meditation practice and closing chants
12:30pm (Bring Your Own) Brown Bag Lunch
Midsummer Day Party
June 13, 2007
Join the
Party at
La Tuna 2-5pm Saturday June 23
Midsummer Day is an opportunity for families and friends in Shambhala to enjoy summer fun together. It begins with a lhasang (a traditional offering of juniper smoke) that purifies the environment and empowers the space, the objects, and the beings within it by invoking awakened energy.
We will create an outdoor shrine, there will be music and games, and fun for sure. And there will be a BBQ potluck as well!
Mark your calendars to make sure you can join the festivities!
La Tuna is located just west of the Blue Star Arts Complex on Probant street one block south of South Alamo Street. Later in the evening La Tuna will have live music. Beverages of all types will be available for sale from La Tuna, so just bring something for everyone to munch on and a grill if you have one!
Midsummer Day is an opportunity for families and friends in Shambhala to enjoy summer fun together. It begins with a lhasang (a traditional offering of juniper smoke) that purifies the environment and empowers the space, the objects, and the beings within it by invoking awakened energy.
We will create an outdoor shrine, there will be music and games, and fun for sure. And there will be a BBQ potluck as well!
Mark your calendars to make sure you can join the festivities!
La Tuna is located just west of the Blue Star Arts Complex on Probant street one block south of South Alamo Street. Later in the evening La Tuna will have live music. Beverages of all types will be available for sale from La Tuna, so just bring something for everyone to munch on and a grill if you have one!
Mipham the Great Celebration
May 20, 2007
Mipham the Great Celebration
Practice & Potluck Reception
June 10, 2007 (10:30am-12:30pm)
The
time is approaching when Namdroling Monastery in
India will be conducting their annual aspiration
practice to commemorate the life and teachings of
Mipham the Great. A biography, "The Life of Mipham
Jamyang Gyamtso" can be found on the Sakyong's
website. The Sakyong is a
tulku of this great teacher who said that he would
be reborn in Shambhala.
Once again, the Sakyong is inviting our community to practice this text this year in conjunction with the practices that will be occurring in India. The practice is open to everyone and will be done at our center.( It can be done in small groups, or on your own if you cannot be at the center.) A potluck reception with food and drink will take place after the practice session on Sunday, June 10 2007 at 10:30 a.m.
There is a liturgy connected with this practice, let me know at pmcwhorter@satx.rr.com and I will will email you a copy.
Yours in the Dharma,
Preston McWhorter,
Director of Practice & Study
Practice & Potluck Reception
June 10, 2007 (10:30am-12:30pm)
Once again, the Sakyong is inviting our community to practice this text this year in conjunction with the practices that will be occurring in India. The practice is open to everyone and will be done at our center.( It can be done in small groups, or on your own if you cannot be at the center.) A potluck reception with food and drink will take place after the practice session on Sunday, June 10 2007 at 10:30 a.m.
There is a liturgy connected with this practice, let me know at pmcwhorter@satx.rr.com and I will will email you a copy.
Yours in the Dharma,
Preston McWhorter,
Director of Practice & Study